Response letter to: The Hispanic paradox further unraveled?

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-186

  Powell, Rhea ^a   Barr, R Graham ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

COPD EPIDEMIOLOGY; TOBACCO AND THE LUNG;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84892530653     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204408     Document Type: Letter

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5. Barr RG, LaVange L, Henderson A, et al. Prevalence of pulmonary symptoms and disease in Hispanic subgroups: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study Of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) [abstract]. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011:A1716. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2011.183.1-MeetingAbstracts. A1716